The Match Does Not Determine, Man City Rises To Beat RB Leipzig

Manchester City players celebrate the game against RB Leipzig. (Twitter @ManCity)

The match was not decisive but was quite fierce when Manchester City got up to beat RB Leipzig 3-2 in the Champions League Group G match at the Etihad Stadium, Wednesday, November 29 in the morning WIB.

Man City shows as a candidate to defend the Champions League title. They show performance consistency and always win matches.

In the duel at home, Man City was two goals behind. But the Premier League giant managed to turn things around and win the game.

However, the victory meant nothing but to strengthen the position of The Cityzens at the top of Group G.

The three additional points also made Man City achieve perfect results during the group stage. Now, they are pocketing point 15 and have already made sure to qualify for the last 16.

Man City's real move was also followed by Leipzig. Despite losing against Man City, one of the representatives of the German Bundesliga has already qualified for the knockout round.

The reason is that the nine points of Leipzig can no longer be chased by Young Boys who are in third place. With four points and one remaining match, Young Boys can't catch up with Leipzig.

In that match, Leipzig immediately kicked down the Man City defense which fielded part of the reserve players.

Ya, manajer Pep Guardiola memilih menurunkan kiper Stefan Ortega yang menggantikan Ederson. Pemain cadangan lain yang tampil di antaranya, Josko Gvardiol dan Rico Lewis

Leipzig did have the lead when the Lois Openda striker immediately scored a brace.

He scored the first goal in the 13th minute. A goal was created with a counter-attack when goalkeeper Janis Blaswich released a long pass. The ball was well received by Openda who immediately beat Ortega.

Not long ago or in the 33rd minute, Openda managed to strengthen Leipzig's advantage. This time, he welcomed the assist from Xavi Simons. The score 2-0 for Leipzig lasted until the end of the first half.

In the second half, Man City got up and controlled the game. The hosts started trying to catch up.

Striker Erling Haaland opened the scoring after breaking into Leipzig's goal by using Phil Foden's assists in the 54th minute.

Furthermore, Man City was unstoppable and scored again in the 70th minute. This time, Foden, who met Gvardiol's pass, managed to equalize the score 2-2.

The hosts' victory was determined by striker Julian Alvarez's goal in the 87th minute. Again, Foden, who provided this assist to the Argentine national team striker. The 3-2 score for Man City lasted until the end of the match.